Python-Minimal error in 16.04 LTS

[BJones007]

Tried doing

sudo apt-get upgrade

after I updated to Xenial from Wily and I keep getting this error

Setting up python-minimal (2.7.11-1) ...dpkg: error processing package python-minimal (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
python-minimal
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I tried several different commands

sudo apt-get install -f

sudo apt-get autoremove

sudo dpkg --configure -a

sudo apt-get clean

but none of these commands seem to have fixed the issue. Is this an issue with 16.04 or did I do something during the upgrade process that could have caused this? If I did, is there a way I can fix it without doing a fresh install? Thanks in advance. Cheers!


Footnote: I had VirtualBox and GNS3 installed, but after the upgrade they quit working. Could the above issue be the cause of this?

[ian-weisser]

Please show us the entire ouput of the 'sudo apt-get upgrade' command.
dpkg usually provides more information about most errors.

[BJones007]

This is for

sudo apt-get upgrade

root@brian-Inspiron-3520:/home/brianjones# apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Setting up python-minimal (2.7.11-1) ...
dpkg: error processing package python-minimal (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
python-minimal
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[BJones007]

Bump

[ian-weisser]

Delete the package from your cache and try downloading a fresh copy.

sudo apt-get clean python-minimal
sudo apt-get upgrade

[BJones007]

Tried this before it, but it didn't work. Still getting the same error

[ian-weisser]

Please show us the entire contents of the file: /var/lib/dpkg/info/python-minimal.postinst

[BJones007]

Here are the contents of /var/lib/dpkg/info/python-minimal.postinst

#! /bin/shset -e


python2.7 -m compileall /usr/share/python/ >/dev/null

[BJones007]

Here are the contents of /var/lib/dpkg/info/python-minimal.postinst

#! /bin/shset -e


python2.7 -m compileall /usr/share/python/ >/dev/null

[BJones007]

That file is now either blank or non-existent. After doing some reading I saw where python-minimal is a dependency of python 2.7 which was already installed, but an older version (I'm assuming python-minimal2.6) was conflicting. So I just ran

sudo apt-get remove python-minimal

and got this output

root@brian-Inspiron-3520:/home/brianjones# apt-get remove python-minimal
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libasound2:i386 libasound2-plugins:i386 libasyncns0:i386 libdbus-1-3:i386
libflac8:i386 libfreetype6:i386 libgcrypt20:i386 libgpg-error0:i386
libice6:i386 libjack-jackd2-0:i386 libjson-c2:i386 libogg0:i386
libpng12-0:i386 libpulse0:i386 libsamplerate0:i386 libsm6:i386
libsndfile1:i386 libspeexdsp1:i386 libsystemd0:i386 libvorbis0a:i386
libvorbisenc2:i386 libwrap0:i386 libx11-6:i386 libxdamage1:i386
libxext6:i386 libxfixes3:i386 libxrandr2:i386 libxrender1:i386 libxtst6:i386
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED
python-minimal
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 1 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 148 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 1315223 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing python-minimal (2.7.11-1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...

then I did

sudo apt-get upgrade

got this output

root@brian-Inspiron-3520:/home/brianjones# apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libasound2:i386 libasound2-plugins:i386 libasyncns0:i386 libdbus-1-3:i386
libflac8:i386 libfreetype6:i386 libgcrypt20:i386 libgpg-error0:i386
libice6:i386 libjack-jackd2-0:i386 libjson-c2:i386 libogg0:i386
libpng12-0:i386 libpulse0:i386 libsamplerate0:i386 libsm6:i386
libsndfile1:i386 libspeexdsp1:i386 libsystemd0:i386 libvorbis0a:i386
libvorbisenc2:i386 libwrap0:i386 libx11-6:i386 libxdamage1:i386
libxext6:i386 libxfixes3:i386 libxrandr2:i386 libxrender1:i386 libxtst6:i386
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.

So I ran

sudo apt-get autoremove

and ended up with this

root@brian-Inspiron-3520:/home/brianjones# apt-get autoremove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED
libasound2:i386 libasound2-plugins:i386 libasyncns0:i386 libdbus-1-3:i386
libflac8:i386 libfreetype6:i386 libgcrypt20:i386 libgpg-error0:i386
libice6:i386 libjack-jackd2-0:i386 libjson-c2:i386 libogg0:i386
libpng12-0:i386 libpulse0:i386 libsamplerate0:i386 libsm6:i386
libsndfile1:i386 libspeexdsp1:i386 libsystemd0:i386 libvorbis0a:i386
libvorbisenc2:i386 libwrap0:i386 libx11-6:i386 libxdamage1:i386
libxext6:i386 libxfixes3:i386 libxrandr2:i386 libxrender1:i386 libxtst6:i386
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 29 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
After this operation, 12.5 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 1315197 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing libasound2-plugins:i386 (1.1.0-0ubuntu1) ...
Removing libasound2:i386 (1.1.0-0ubuntu1) ...
Removing libpulse0:i386 (1:8.0-0ubuntu3) ...
Removing libasyncns0:i386 (0.8-5build1) ...
Removing libdbus-1-3:i386 (1.10.6-1ubuntu3) ...
Removing libsndfile1:i386 (1.0.25-10) ...
Removing libflac8:i386 (1.3.1-4) ...
Removing libfreetype6:i386 (2.6.1-0.1ubuntu2) ...
Removing libsystemd0:i386 (229-4ubuntu4) ...
Removing libgcrypt20:i386 (1.6.5-2) ...
Removing libgpg-error0:i386 (1.21-2ubuntu1) ...
Removing libsm6:i386 (2:1.2.2-1) ...
Removing libice6:i386 (2:1.0.9-1) ...
Removing libjack-jackd2-0:i386 (1.9.10+20150825git1ed50c92~dfsg-1ubuntu1) ...
Removing libjson-c2:i386 (0.11-4ubuntu2) ...
Removing libvorbisenc2:i386 (1.3.5-3) ...
Removing libvorbis0a:i386 (1.3.5-3) ...
Removing libogg0:i386 (1.3.2-1) ...
Removing libpng12-0:i386 (1.2.54-1ubuntu1) ...
Removing libsamplerate0:i386 (0.1.8-8) ...
Removing libspeexdsp1:i386 (1.2~rc1.2-1ubuntu1) ...
Removing libwrap0:i386 (7.6.q-25) ...
Removing libxrandr2:i386 (2:1.5.0-1) ...
Removing libxrender1:i386 (1:0.9.9-0ubuntu1) ...
Removing libxdamage1:i386 (1:1.1.4-2) ...
Removing libxtst6:i386 (2:1.2.2-1) ...
Removing libxext6:i386 (2:1.3.3-1) ...
Removing libxfixes3:i386 (1:5.0.1-2) ...
Removing libx11-6:i386 (2:1.6.3-1ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...

but now when I try to re-install python-minimal I get this message.

root@brian-Inspiron-3520:/home/brianjones# apt-get install python-minimalReading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package python-minimal

Apologies for the long post, wasn't sure how else to put it